WHL TROPHIES
| NHL TROPHIES JIM PIGGOT MEMORIAL TROPHY | ||
Jim Piggot Memorial TrophyRookie of the yearThe Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy is presented annually to the Western Hockey League player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition. The award is named after Jim Piggott who was the founder of the Saskatoon Blades, as well as one of the founding fathers on what is today the Western Hockey League. The trophy was previously named the Stewart "Butch" Paul Memorial Trophy. Butch Paul was a player for the Edmonton Oil Kings in the 1960s, leading the team to three straight Western Canada Championships, and a Memorial Cup in 1963. He later played for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL) and during his second year in the organization he died in a car accident on March 25, 1966. | ||
| NHL trophies list | ||
| 2023-24 | Gavin McKenna | Tigers |
| 2021-22 | Brayden Yager | Warriors |
| 2020-21 | Connor Bedard | Pats |
| 2019-20 | Dylan Guenther | Oil Kings |
| 2018-19 | Brayden Tracey | Warriors |
| 2017-18 | Dylan Cozens | Hurricanes |
| 2016-17 | Aleksi Heponiemi | Broncos |
| 2015-16 | Matthew Phillips | Royals |
| 2014-15 | Nolan Patrick | Wheat Kings |
| 2013-14 | Nick Merkley | Rockets |
| 2012-13 | Seth Jones | Winter Hawks |
| 2011-12 | Sam Reinhart | Ice |
| 2010-11 | Matt Dumba | Rebels |
| 2009-10 | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | Rebels |
| 2008-09 | Brett Connolly | Cougars |
| 2007-08 | Brayden Schenn | Wheat Kings |
| 2006-07 | Kyle Beach | Silvertips |
| 2005-06 | Peter Mueller | Silvertips |
| 2004-05 | Tyler Plante | Wheat Kings |
| 2003-04 | Gilbert Brule | Giants |
| 2002-03 | Matt Ellison | Rebels |
| 2001-02 | Braydon Coburn | Winter Hawks |
| 2000-01 | Scottie Upshall | Blazers |
| 1999-00 | Dan Blackburn | Ice |
| 1998-99 | Pavel Brendl | Hitmen |
| 1997-98 | Marian Hossa | Winter Hawks |
| 1996-97 | Donovan Nunweiler | Warriors |
| 1995-96 | Chris Phillips | Raiders |
| 1994-95 | Todd Robinson | Winter Hawks |
| 1993-94 | Wade Redden | Wheat Kings |
| 1992-93 | Jeff Friesen | Pats |
| 1991-92 | Ashley Buckberger | Broncos |
| 1990-91 | Donevan Hextall | Raiders |
| 1989-90 | Petr Nedved | Thunderbirds |
| 1988-89 | Wes Walz | Hurricanes |
| 1987-88 | Stu Barnes | Bruins |
| 1986-87 | Dennis Holland | Winter Hawks |
| Joe Sakic | Broncos | |
| 1985-86 | Ron Shudra | Blazers |
| Dave Waldie | Winter Hawks | |
| Neil Brady | Tigers | |
| 1984-85 | Mark Mackay | Warriors |
| 1982-83 | Dan Hodgson | Raiders |
| 1981-82 | Dale Derkatch | Pats |
| 1980-81 | Dave Michayluk | Pats |
| 1979-80 | Grant Fuhr | Cougars |
| 1978-79 | Kelly Kisio | Wranglers |
| 1977-78 | Keith Brown | |
| John Ogrodnick | ||
| 1976-77 | Brian Propp | |
| 1975-76 | Steve Tambellini | |
| 1974-75 | Don Murdoch | |
| 1972-73 | Rick Blight | |
| 1971-72 | Dennis Sobchuk | |
| 1970-71 | Stan Weir | |
| 1968-69 | Ron Williams | |
| 1967-68 | Ron Fairbrother | |
| 1966-67 | Ron Garwasiuk | |